The Weekly Marmot - WoW as an E-Sport

The Weekly Marmot goes HD! New camera, new microphone, and 150% more awesome.

For the inaugural episode in the new and updated studio, I depart from the standard Weekly Marmot fare just a little bit and spend some time talking about PVP. Specifically, I talk about WoW's future as an E-Sport. What have other games done that makes them successful? What's missing from WoW arenas? And what can we expect in the future?

Comments

Comment by EdantheDwarf

Beep this is a post. Nice vid, but the intro was long... Don't see a change. Starcraft is 2 and I like watching it, but I don't know if I would like to watch WoW.

Comment by Antares81

on 2010-11-02T21:09:12-05:00

My GOD. Lore's wallpaper is fugky as sin!

Comment by Sephiroth

on 2010-11-02T21:22:46-05:00

My GOD. Lore's wallpaper is fugky as sin!

Looks like there's some water stains on it too.

Comment by VSkwidd

on 2010-11-02T21:40:35-05:00

Awesome new cam and mic dude... but fo shizzle... GET SOME NEW WALLPAPER :P

I can see the water-damage!

Looks like you're in a basement.

Comment by Joemeatballs

on 2010-11-02T21:50:45-05:00

Big step up from 8-bit Lore :D

Comment by Zokudu

on 2010-11-02T22:28:59-05:00

I have to agree with you. It looks to me like Rated BGs should put the fun back into PvP for me. Its less about comp and button mashing and more about team play. I may actually look to PvP a lot in Cataclysm for the first time ever in my WoW career.

Comment by IronGolem

on 2010-11-02T22:54:28-05:00

Anyone else noticing the smallest little bit of sound lag?

Edit: Nope just flash being odd. Don't mind me.

Comment by Satras

on 2010-11-03T05:12:07-05:00

New Setup.. nice... but i still think he su*ks

Comment by budgie

on 2010-11-03T05:35:14-05:00

New Setup.. nice... but i still think he su*ks

I am not a fan either but I gave it a shot. Opinions are fine though. No need to censor the c.

Comment by sorband

on 2010-11-03T06:40:49-05:00

Hide the mic, it doesn't look good in there. It just doesn't fit.On the other hand, I would go see a Rated BG match anytime. Arenas... not so much, everything happens too fast to realize what's going on.

Comment by Wildhorn

on 2010-11-03T11:55:31-05:00

@lore: Yes there are competitions of rock/paper/scissor and they are pretty huge and usually there is media coverage of them.

Also, nice microphone... not as cool as Gary's but nice none the less :P

Comment by kymberlie

on 2010-11-04T11:16:41-05:00

Hey, Lore:

1) Your intro CRACKED me up -- I'm not going to admit how many times I replayed it.

2) You are the COOLEST for wearing our t-shirt! (Go Puggernaut! "Players helping players!") Thank you SO much!

3) Ewww! People ran their fingers through your hair? I can see a person WANTING to, but not having the social filtering system in place to restrain themselves..! YIKES!

Many hugs!

Kymberly/Kymberlie/KymberrlyPuggernaut.com

Comment by fozgaz

on 2010-11-04T16:52:11-05:00

Rated BGs are something I've waited since launch of Arenas. Lore has very good points why rated BG will be more fun to the mass.

But the modern BGs lack one crucial thing in my opinion. There's only ONE map for each gametype. They must release more maps before it'll catch on to E-sport hype.

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